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The opening of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire in 1883 was considered momentous enough to merit a public holiday.

Despite the masonry facings, this bridge across the Axe is made of concrete, built to the design of Philip Brannon in 1877.

The River Sid starts its short journey to the sea amidst the high land at Broad Down and Farway; here the Bronze Age inhabitants of East Devon buried their dead.

The road on the left curves past the houses of Nansladron, where the fields in the valley floor are now caravan and camping parks.

The area became very popular with visitors from London after the establishment of the railway in 1856.

Just inland from Scarborough, along the Forge Valley, lies the peaceful village of Hackness.

This was the scene in the central shopping and entertainment centre of Barnsley until the late 1960s; then, in the name of modernisation, the whole area including New Street and Cheapside

The west side of the Market Place is in the distance.

The Village 1959 At the west end of the village, at the junction of Gainsborough Road with the A30, is this former school of the 1880s, built in rock-faced rubble stone and ashlar dressings.

Rode church is at the south-east end of the village, the bulk of which is to the north-west towards the River Frome. This view was taken from the south-west.

Our tour of the towns and villages near Lincoln starts in Gainsborough, a town of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey that ruled what is now north Lincolnshire.

Here we have a wonderfully evocative sign of the times: a beach scene in high summer and not a glimpse of bare ?esh. Cleethorpes liked its helter-skelters, as it had another on the beach.

Steam boats at the boarding point by the Pier give some idea of the popularity of these vessels during the summer months.

The Harris bacon factory (in the background) was established as one of the main industries in this town. Calne can also boast of having a market for over a thousand years: some record.

The Victoria Cottage Hospital was opened in Pettits Lane in 1888 on a plot of land donated by Mr W Mashiter.

It was one of the few places on the Crouch with direct access to the water, hence the attraction for bathers.

Away from the bright lights and entertainments of its main resorts, Lancashire's coast has many other fine stretches of expansive beach.

Growing from a small fishing village to an unpretentious resort during the middle of the 19th century, Lower Heysham has retained its 'olde world' atmosphere.

This picturesque area of narrow streets sits alongside the ancient fishing quay of Sutton's Pool.

The grace of Fleet Street in the previous picture is counterpointed by the timeless nature of this rural view, taken the same year on the outskirts of Torquay, possibly at Cockington.

Barricane Beach is behind the camera, and we see the broad expanse of Woolacombe sands stretching away south towards Croyde.

The fishing fleet, having waited patiently for a breeze, can at last set sail in pursuit of the herring.

This picturesque flint village was once the most significant of the Glaven estuary ports, and its old Custom House bears testimony to its prestigious past.

A later view of St Ann's Gate, with motor cars in evidence in the street scene—now, the gate can be used by pedestrians only.